This year, 2012, marks the Housing Center’s 40th anniversary. It is an important milestone to be sure. We’re proud of our role in promoting and sustaining a diverse and integrated community over the past 40…

Where today we traverse Lake Street, there were once Potawatomi natives living up and down the Des Plaines River. Oak Park’s Lake Street was their muddy trail. The U.S. Government forcibly evicted one native tribe…

After years of sharing office space with the Oak Park Regional Housing Center, the West Cook Homeownership Center (WCHC) spread its wings, moving to a new office along Madison Street in Forest Park. “The philosophy…

Each year thousands of people are attracted to Oak Park because of its historic architecture and amiable environment. The village is famous worldwide as the childhood home of Ernest Hemingway and for its large concentration…